The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ποιμήν

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ποιμήν
Citation form	ποιμήν, ένος, ὁ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a shepherd
Strong’s	G4166
Transliteration	poimḗn
Definition	a shepherd (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses	:--shepherd, pastor.
Derivation	of uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences	17

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ποιμένα	noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 26:31 noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 9:36 noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Mark 14:27 noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Mark 6:34 noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Hebrews 13:20 noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Peter 2:25
ποιμένας	noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Ephesians 4:11
ποιμένες	noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 2:15 noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 2:20 noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 2:8
ποιμένων	noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 2:18
ποιμὴν	noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 25:32 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:11 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:14
ποιμήν	noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:12 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:16 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:2

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APM-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASM-
noun; MorphGNT ----GPM-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPM-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSM-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ποιμην.